GRE Word List

ROUSING

giving rise to excitement : stirring

The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.

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WordMeaning
resumptionan act or instance of resuming : recommencement
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
verbalizeto express something in words
hoverto position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it
opprobriumsomething that brings disgrace
gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy